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📅 1961 ⏱️ 110 min ⭐ 8.1/10 👥 1,663 votes
🎭 Drama, Thriller

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

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Detailed Plot Summary

A nameless ronin, or samurai with no master, enters a small village in feudal Japan where two rival businessmen are struggling for control of the local gambling trade. Taking the name Sanjuro Kuwabatake, the ronin convinces both silk merchant Tazaemon and sake merchant Tokuemon to hire him as a personal bodyguard, then artfully sets in motion a full-scale gang war between the two ambitious and unscrupulous men.

Director

Akira Kurosawa

Main Cast

Toshirō Mifune
Toshirō Mifune as Sanjuro Kuwabatake / The Samurai
Tatsuya Nakadai
Tatsuya Nakadai as Unosuke, gunfighter
Yōko Tsukasa
Yōko Tsukasa as Nui
Isuzu Yamada
Isuzu Yamada as Orin
Daisuke Katō
Daisuke Katō as Inokichi
Seizaburō Kawazu
Seizaburō Kawazu as Seibê - brothel operator
Takashi Shimura
Takashi Shimura as Tokuemon, sake brewer
Hiroshi Tachikawa
Hiroshi Tachikawa as Yoichiro
Yōsuke Natsuki
Yōsuke Natsuki as Kohei's Son
Eijirō Tōno
Eijirō Tōno as Gonji, Tavern Keeper
Kamatari Fujiwara
Kamatari Fujiwara as Tazaemon
Ikio Sawamura
Ikio Sawamura as Hansuke
Atsushi Watanabe
Atsushi Watanabe as The Cooper (Coffin-Maker)
Susumu Fujita
Susumu Fujita as Homma, Instructor Who Skips Town
Kyū Sazanka
Kyū Sazanka as Ushitora

Writers

Ryuzo Kikushima, Akira Kurosawa

Producers

Ryuzo Kikushima, Tomoyuki Tanaka, Akira Kurosawa

Production Information

Release Date: April 25, 1961
Runtime: 110 minutes
Original Language: JA
Production Companies: TOHO
Filming Locations: Japan

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User Reviews & Ratings

See what viewers are saying about Yojimbo. Real reviews from TMDB community members:

👤 Andres Gomez ⭐ 8/10
📅 June 16, 2014

Great movie!

Akira Kurosawa is just a master movie maker.

👤 CRCulver ⭐ 9/10
📅 June 5, 2018

Akira Kurosawa's 1961 film YOJIMBO is a Japanese period drama where wily strategy is worth just as much as prowess with a sword. In the late Edo era (some decades before its end in 1868) a community is plagued by two opposing gangs who have built up a criminal empire of prostitution and gambling. Even the local officials are on the take. Into this town steps a nameless samurai (Toshiro Mifune). Once they get a taste of his swordsmanship, both sides want to hire him, but he decides to play them o...

👤 CinemaSerf ⭐ 7/10
📅 August 13, 2023

I was surprised when I saw this, how late it was set - 19th Century - as I'd always imagined it to be of a more historical nature. That doesn't remotely detract from the story though - as again Kurosawa casts Yoshirô Mifune ("Sanjûrô") in the leading role. Here he is a wandering samurai who arrives in a village torn by strife. His skills are sought by the two opposing headmen and he quite successfully manages to play them off against each other - and keep the peace - until one the their sons arr...

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